particularistic

1. 1.

   relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)

   “a particularistic-seeming statement”

Questions about particularistic

What does particularistic mean?

particularistic means "relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)".

How many syllables are in particularistic?

particularistic has 6 syllables: par-ti-cu-la-ri-stic. The stress falls on "ri".

Is particularistic a common word?

particularistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.